Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen-y-Groes
Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Aberglaslyn, Porthmadog, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, designated on 25 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 November 1998
- Locality
- Pont Aberglaslyn
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Beddgelert
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.99470, -4.09311
- Cadw reference
- 20959
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a wooded slope 0.5km E of Pont Aberglaslyn, set into the slope; accessed from the Nantmor end (E) via a part-cobbled track.
History
Small C18 single-storey house, the birthplace of Richard Owen, the bard 'Glaslyn' (1831-1909).
Exterior
Single-storey house of whitened rubble on boulder foundations, with old slate roof of heavy, graded small slates; tiled ridge, crude gable parapets and tiny loft lights. Squat end chimneys with weather-coursing and capping. Deeply-recessed entrance with old boarded door to L of centre, with small 4-pane late C19 window to the L, in original opening. To the R of the entrance is a further, lower entrance with window to the R, as before. Adjoining to the R gable end is a lower C19 lean-to with rectangular 6-pane sash to the front. A modern slate plaque records the birthplace of Richard Owen.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a small C18 house retaining good vernacular character, and as the birthplace of the bard Richard Owen ('Glaslyn').
Nearby in the register
- Pont AberglaslynTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge House (aka Ty Bont)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Bron-yr-AurDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.